Google Finance Data Service

Introduction

Sierra Chart supports downloading historical data from the Google Finance website. This service is provided as is without any support. The data is provided by Google. The protocol could be changed by Google preventing data from being accessed. To use this service, follow the Usage Instructions below.

Usage Instructions

You need to be on Sierra Chart package 3 or higher. During a Sierra Chart Trial you are placed on the highest package, so this Google Data Service is supported.

From within Sierra Chart, select File >> Data/Trade Service Settings on the menu. Set the Service to Google Financial Data .

Press OK.

To open a chart, select File >> Find Symbol on the menu.

In the Selected Symbol box, type the symbol you want to get a chart of. The general format is:
[symbol]-[exchange]
Example:
MSFT-NASDAQ
Google lists the symbol as:
NASDAQ:MSFT
So you need to reverse the two parts and use a hyphen instead.